The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance – it is the illusion of knowledge. — Daniel J. Boorstin In today’s lesson (A Course in Miracles, Lesson 1; and for more info, here’s my introduction to this blog series), the course starts us off with a simple exercise: Look aroun...

Difficulties and obstacles, if properly understood and used, can turn out to be an unexpected source of strength. It is the nature of things that when you recognize an obstacle as such, it ceases to be an obstacle. Equally, it is by failing to recognize an obstacle for what it is and taking it seri...

Fear is the opposite of everything you are, and so has an effect of opposition to your mental and physical health. — Neale Donald Walsch Several years ago, when I was studying to be a health coach and certified personal trainer, hours and hours were spent with instructors who hammered in the importa...

To keep the body in good health is a duty. Otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear. – Buddha Dualism, man! It’s no surprise — western culture and western religions are heavily influenced by the views of Plato and other Greek philosophers. In Greek literature, and in to...

You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It’s not jus...